MI HB4725

Grants collective bargaining rights to students participating in intercollegiate athletics at public universities in Michigan by classifying them as "public employees" under the Public Employment Relations Act

Removes existing language that explicitly prohibited student athletes at public universities from being considered public employees entitled to representation or collective bargaining rights

Allows student athletes to form unions and negotiate terms related to their participation in intercollegiate athletics through the same framework used by other public employees in Michigan

Amends the 1947 Public Employment Relations Act (PA 336) by modifying the definition of "public employee" in section 1